Denali National Park

by The Associated Press Thursday, March 25, 2010 DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska -- A commercial guide has been fined for leading an illegal moose hunt inside Denali National Park. The National Park Service says Annette M. Keith of Healy pleaded guilty to three charges. Under a plea agreement, she was fined $14,000 and placed on three years' probation. Keith also lost her guiding privileges for three years. Keith was co-owner of Castle Rock Outfitters. She and her brother-in-law were guiding a client from Florida on a moose hunt when a Denali ranger spotted the three more than two miles inside the park boundary.

Denali Gifts is a stop for tourists looking to pick up something to remember their trip. Whether it be moose poop, or Deadliest Catch logo wear. Manager Stuart Hayes works hard for the summer and then gets to summer back home in Arizona.  Stuart says fudge is one of the hot items. But of course that's not all they have ""We have just about anything that says Alaska on it or Denali National Park. " To check out some of the other items click here .

A mountain and ice field in Alaska will now officially been named in honor of the late Sen. Ted Stevens. President Obama signed the legislation into law Monday after the measure passed the House and Senate by unanimous consent last month. The legislation requires the U.S. Geological Place Names Board to christen the peak and ice field within 30 days of passage. Stevens Peak, formerly known as South Hunter Peak, is located in Denali National Park and Preserve, just south of Mt. McKinley and is visible from the Parks Highway.

The pilot of a 196 6 D-H-C-2 Dehavilland was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday night near Cantwell. Alaska State Troopers say the plane carrying the pilot and seven passengers landed in a marshy area about five miles south of summit Summit Airfield in Cantwell. A Denali National Park helicopter and Era helicopter were able to pick up all eight people from the site and transfer them to Cantwell. No word yet on the cause of the forced landing and no one on the plane was injured.

Searchers found the body of Austrian climber Juergen Kanzian on Mount McKinley after using a high-powered spotting scope Thursday evening. National Park Service rangers located Kanzian's body from a helicopter by identifying the color and style of his gear, according to Denali National Park spokesperson Maureen McLaughlin. They were unable to recover the body because of steep terrain. Kanzian, a 41-year-old mountaineering guide in the Alps, told other climbers he intended to ski from the summit down a standard route called the West Buttress.

by The Associated Press Friday, April 30, 2010 FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Moose and caribou are the preferred menu item for wolves in Interior Alaska, but new research shows that salmon also plays an important role in their diet. The study, written for the journal Ecological Applications, found that salmon is one-third of the diet for some wolves in the Denali National Park and Preserve. On average, salmon make up about one-sixth of the diet of wolves in the area. Biologists already knew that wolves in coastal regions commonly feed on spawned-out salmon.

by The Associated Press Friday, July 30, 2010 FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The National Park Service will not pursue charges against a hiker who shot and killed a grizzly bear while hiking in Denali National Park two months ago, saying the man's actions were justified. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the North Pole man told authorities he shot the bear after it charged his girlfriend while the two were hiking up Tattler Creek on May 28. Park spokesperson Kris Fister says the evidence collected by rangers corresponds with the description of the incident.

The National Park Service says it will review how it allocates permits to climb Mount McKinley between commercial guided climbing operators and independent climbers. A 2006 Denali National Park plan established a seasonal limit of 1,500 permitted climbers on the mountain, and allocated 25 percent of the total for commercially guided groups. The overall figure will not change, but the Park Service will review the current allocation and its relevance to the demand. The agency says interest in guided climbs is increasing.

by Channel 2 News staff Saturday, March 13, 2010 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Supporters of a protective buffer zone for wolves at Denali National Park eliminated by a 4-3 Alaska Board of Game decision this month want that vote thrown out. Wolf advocate Rick Steiner wants one of the votes to eliminate the buffer zone tossed out because it was cast by Al Barrette, who sells wolf traps and owns a Fairbanks tannery business. Steiner says Barrette stands to see a financial gain from his vote and should have recused himself.

Dave Coleman, David McCarthy and another business partner own three businesses in the Canyon area. They started with the Salmon Bake 8 years ago, and opened Prospectors Pizza three years ago. They also own a grocery store. Their menus feature uniquely Alaskan choices. At Prospector's Pizza one option you can choose is a pizza served with king crab legs and drawn butter. To look at their menu click here . David McCarthy on why they chose to open a business near Denali National Park "There's a passion and a love for what we do. We love living in the area so what drove us to be here is what drove us to have good food in our area.